Sole-protector for boots and shoes.



E. F. BALDWIN.

SOLE PROTECTOR FOB. BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 31, 1910.

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EMERSON F. BALDWIN, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOLE-PROTECTOR FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed August 31, 1910. Serial No. 579,807.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERSON F. BALDwrN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSole-Protectors for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an attachment for application to soles ofboots or shoes, and has for its principal objects to provide a protectorwhich may be readily and conveniently attached to a boot or shoe and asreadily removed therefrom, to provide an attachment which is light,strong, durable, eflicient and comparatively inexpensive; and to providean attachment which is practically inconspicuous when applied to a bootor shoe and which when in position upon a boot or shoe offers noprojecting levers or the like for coming in contact with obstructions.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described andfinally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which:

Figure 1, is a view in side elevation of a shoe equipped with a deviceof the invention, Fig. 2, is a perspective view with certain partsbroken away of the device illustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, is a viewin transverse section drawn to an enlarged scale of the device shown inFig. 2.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to F igs. 1, 2, and 3,the improved sole protecting device is shown as comprising a solidone-piece member 1, preferably of leather, shaped to conform to thecontour of the sole of a boot or shoe 2. Secured upon the top of themember 1, and arranged marginally with respect thereto are a series ofsole rim engaging members 3, preferably faced with leather or the liketo prevent defacing of the leather of the shoe. These members 3, areadapted to engage the sides and top edge of a sole of a boot or shoe.Additional sole engaging members 4, may be present if desired. At therear of and formed at an angle to said member 1, is a grooved portion 5.Slidably mounted in this grooved portion 0 is a clamp member 6, slottedas at 7 to operate with a fixed pin 8 in the slot 5. A guide piece 9,may be present for preventing the escape of the slidable clamp 6.Extending around the periphery of the member 1, is a vertically disposedfacing 10, cut away as at 11, to permit of the free movement of theslidable clamp 6. This facing as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, ispresent for the purpose of concealing the sole of the boot or shoe towhich the device is applied. In practice good results have been obtainedby folding over upon the members 3, the free edge 12, of this facing toprovide a good finish and neat appearance or in other words to pro videthe appearance of a shoe sole extension.

The rear portion of the member 1, has ex tended thereacross a cord orthe like 13, concealing which is a covering 14:, of leather or the like,which terminates in a strap 15, provided with a male member 16, forcooperating a female member 17, secured to the facing 10. The cord 13,above referred to is secured at one end to the facing as at 18, and theother end passes through eyes a, of the slidable clamp 6, and is securedas at b, to the strap 15. By this arrangement and construction of partswhen a shoe has applied thereto the sole protector of the invention, thesame is held snugly in place when the clamp 6, is shifted inwardly andthe strap 15, secured with respect to the facing 10, see Fig. 1. In thisconnection, it may be remarked that the cord 13, and its covering 14,are pulled together and serve to hug the underside of a sole of a shoeto prevent water finding its way between the sole and protector. Aleather or like facing 19, may be present upon the upper surface of themember 1, to present a good appear ance and to permit of the protectorbeing easily slid over the sole of a boot or shoe.

What I claim is:

A device ofthe character indicated comprising a solid one-piece memberof the contour of the sole of a boot or shoe adapted to cover thecomplete sole thereof, a series of clamp pieces fitted around. themarginal edge of .said member, said pieces extending from the toeportion thereof rearwardly to the points marking the greatest width ofsaid member and adapted to engage the sides and top edge of a boot orshoe, a vertically disposed facing fitted around the marginal edge ofthe sole member and extended horizontally over and secured to clamp forengaging the vertical facing to said clamp pieces, a slidable clamppiece lock the parts together. 10 5 carried by said sole member forengaging In testimony whereof, I have hereunto the rear of a boot orshoe sole, a pliable signed my name.

5 member secured to the rear of said member EMERSON F. BALDWIN.

for hugging the underside of a boot or shoe Witnesses: 1 sole, and meansoperatively connected with WILLIAM J. J ACKSON,

said pliable member and said slidable AGNES E. GASKEY.

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